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Assistant Interior Minister for Security Affairs, Prince Mohammad bin Naif bin Abdulaziz
RIYADH, Aug 28 (KUNA) -- A Saudi official was lightly injured in a suicide attack targeting his palace in Jeddah, the Kingdom's Royal Diwan announced Thursday evening.
Saudi News Agency (SPA) quoted the Diwan as saying in a press release that Assistant Interior Minister for Security Affairs, Prince Mohammad bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, was receiving Ramadan well-wishers when, at 11:30 last night, a wanted man who had expressed his intension to give himself up to authorities blew himself up with explosives.
It said Prince Mohammad suffered minor injuries and left hospital after undergoing checkups. (end) od.ris KUNA 281009 Aug 09NNNN